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List of Inventors and their Inventions

Douglas Engelbart
Inventors and their Invention list is one of the common GK that are being frequently asked in various competitive exams. We have tried to give the most comprehensive list ever for the list of inventions. The most important from current affairs perspective is the name of Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of Mouse who died on July 2, 2013. He has also been a pioneer in Hypertext,Groupware,Interactive computing. 




The  List of Inventors and their Inventions are given below


Scientist’s / Inventor's Name
Invention
A. Celsius
Centrigrade scale
A.L. and J.L. Lumiere
Cenema
A.L. Breguet
Watch
A.Parker
Celluloid 
Adolph Rickenbacker
electric guitar
Alessandro Volta
Electric Battery
Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
Alexanderson
Radio transmitter
Alfred B. Nobel
Dynamite
Alfred Binet
I.Q. Test
Alfred Kinsey
Human Sexuality
Alfred Wegener
Continental Drift
American Viscose Co.
Rayon
Amundson (1912)
South Pole
Anderson
Positive Electrons
Andreas Vesalius
New Anatomy
Andre-Marie Ampere
Galvanometer
Antoine Joseph Sax
Saxophone
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Revolution in Chemistry
Archimedes
Specific Gravity
Archimedes
Principle for lever (S.P.Gravity)
Archimedies
Archimedean Screw
Arthur Eddington
Modern Astronomy
August Kekule
Chemical Structure
Avogadro
Avogadro's Hypothesis
B. F. Goodrich
Zipper
B. F. Skinner
Behaviorism
Baird
Television
Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain
Transistor
Benjamin Franklin
Bifocal Lens
Benjamin Franklin
Lightning Conductor
Bessemer
Steel Melting Process
Binet
Intelligence test
Bohr
Electron Theory
Bohr and Rutherford
Atomic Structure
Boyle
Boyle's law
Braille
Printing for the Blind
Braun, Dr.Wernher Von
Space flying
Broquett
Helicopter
Bunsen
Spectroscope
C. F. Brush
Arc Lamp
C. Hugyens
Clock (pendulum)
C. Sholes
Typewriter
C.V.Raman
Crystal Dynamics
C.V.Raman
Raman effect
Carl Gauss (Karl Friedrich Gauss)
Mathematical Genius
Carl Linnaeus
Binomial Nomenclature
Carlton Mcgee
Parking meter
Carothers
Nylon Plastic
Cartwright
Powerloom
Casimir Funk
Vitamin B1
Cavandish
Rare Gas
Cavendish
Hydrogen
Chadwick
Neutron
Chandrasekhar
Mathematical Astro Physics
Charles Babbage
Computer
Charles Babbage 
Difference engine
Charles Darwin
Evolution
Charles Darwin
Evolution (theory)
Charles Darwin
Origin of Species
Charles Goodyear
rubber (vulcanized)
Charles Goodyear
Vulcanised Rubber
Charles Lyell
Modern Geology
Charles Macintosh
Raincoat
Charles Macintosh
Rubber (waterproof)
Charles Macintosh
Waterproof Rubber
Charles Sherrington
Neurophysiology
Chester Carlson
zerox machine
Christiaan Huygens
Wave Theory of Light
Christian Barnard
Replacing human heart
Christopher Cockerell
Hovercraft
Claude Bernard
Founding of Modern Physiology
Claude Levi-Strauss
Structural Anthropology
Col. J. Schick
Razor (electric)
Columbus (1492)
West Indies
Conrad Elvehjem
Vitamin Niacin
Copernicus (1540)
Solar System
Coulomb
Fundamental Laws of Electric Attraction
D. T. Smith, E. G. Hendrick
Vitamin B2
Daimler
Automobile
Dalton
Atomic Theory
Dalton
Laws of Multiple Proportion
Darwin
Laws of Natural Selections
Darwin
Theory of Evolution
Dauguerre
Photograph
David Brewster
Kaleidoscope
David Bushnell
Submarine
Dewar
Liquid Oxygen
Dewar
Thermos Flasks
Dmitri Mendeleev
Periodic Table of Elements
Domagk
Sulpha Drugs
Dr. A.H. Taylor and L.C. Young
Radar
Dr. Alan M. Turing
Electronic Computer
Dr. Lee de Forest
Film (with sound)
Dr. Richard Gatling
Machine Gun
Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
Nylon
Dr. William Stokes, Rene Laennec
Stethoscope
Dr.Hargobiad Khorana
Deciphering the genetic code
Dr.Paul Muller
D.D.T.
Dr.Philip Drinker
Drinker's Chamber of Iron Lung
Dr.Sigmund Freud
Psycho-analysis
E.G. Otis
Lift
Edison
Incandescent Bulb
Edison
Phonograph
Edmund Cartwright
Power Loom
Edward Jenner
Vaccination
Edward Mellanby
Vitamin D
Edward O. Wilson
Sociobiology
Edward Teller
Bomb
Edwin Hubble
Modern Telescope
Eijkman
Beri - Beri
Einstein
Theory of Relativity
Elisha G. Otis
Elevator
Elmer V. McCollum
Vitamin B
Elmer V. McCollum and M. Davis
Vitamin A
Emil Fischer
Organic Chemistry
Enrico Fermi
Atomic Physics
Ernest Rutherford
Structure of the Atom
Ernst Haeckel
Biogenetic Principle
Ernst Mayr
Evolutionary Theory
Erwin Schrodinger
Wave Mechanics
Euclid
Foundations of Mathematics
Euclid
Geometry
Evangelista Torricelli
Barometer
F.Banting
Insulin
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit Scale
Fahrenheit
Mercury Thermometer
Faraday
Electricity
Faraday
Induction of Electric Current
Faraday
Law of Electrolysis
Francis Crick
Molecular Biology
Francis Galton
Eugenics
Frank Whittle
Jet Propulsion
Franz Boas
Modern Anthropology
Frederick Sanger
Genetic Code
Friese-Greene
Cine camera
Fulton
Steam boat
G. Bradshaw
Scooter
G. Claude
Neon-lamp
G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
Airship (rigid)
G. Marconi
Radio
Galileo
Telescope
Galileo Galilei
New Science
Galileo Gallei
Thermometer
Gauss
Electric Measurement
Gay Lussac
Law of gases
George Eastman
Camera
George Gaylord Simpson
Tempo of Evolution
George Westinghouse
Air Brake
Gertrude Belle Elion
Pharmacology
Gottlieb Daimler
Carburetor
Gottlieb Daimler
Carburettor
Gregor Mendel
Laws of Inheritance
Gregory Mandel
Laws of Heredity
Gustav Kirchhoff
Spectroscopy
H. W. Seeley
Electric Flat Iron
H.C.Urey
Deuterium (Heavy Water)
H.W. Seeley
Electric iron
Hadley
Sextant
Hahnemann
Homoeopathy
Hans Bethe
Energy of the Sun
Hans Selye
Stress Concept
Harry Brearley
Stainless Steel
Harvey
Blood Circulation
Heike Kamerlingh
Superconductivity
Heitz
Electrical Waves
Henry Becquerel
Radio-activity of Uranium
Henry Bessemer
Steel production
Henry Great Head
Life Boat
Herbert Evans and Katherine Bishop 
Vitamin E
Hermann Fottinger
Automatic gearbox
Hermann von Helmholtz
Rise of German Science
Herschel William
Uranus (Planet)
Hideki Yakawa
Meson
Hippalus
Scientific astronomy
Hoffman
Aniline Dyes
Hopkins and Funk
Vitamins
Hsing and Ling-Tsan
Clock (machanical)
Isaac Newton
Newtonian Revolution
J. Froelich
Tractor
J. Whinfield and H. Dickson
Terylene
J.B. Dunlop
Bicycle Tyre
J.C. Perier
Ship (steam)
J.C.Bose
Crescograph
J.E. Lurdstrom
Match (safety)
J.J.Thomson
Electrons
Jacob Schick
Electric razor 
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier
Balloon
James Clerk Maxwell
Electromagnetic Field
James Hargreaves
Spinning jenny
James Harrison and James Young Simpson
Chloroform
James Harrison, Alexander Catlin
Refrigerator
James Lind
Vitamin C
James Watson
Structure of DNA
James Watt
Steam Engine
James Watt
Steam engine (condenser)
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Foundations of Biology
Jean Piaget
Child Development
Johann Phillip Reis, Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray, Amos E. Dolbear, and Thomas Edison
Microphone
Johann Vaaler
Paper clip
Johannes Gutenberg
Printing Press
Johannes Kepler
Motion of the Planets
John Boyd Dunlop
Pneumatic Tyres
John Dalton
Theory of the Atom
John Harrison
Chronometer 
John J. Loud
Ball-Point Pen
John Logie Baird
Television (mechanical)
John Napier
Logarithmic Tables
John Napier
Logarithms
John von Neumann
Modern Computer
Joseph Aspdin
Cement 
Joseph J. Thomson
Electron
Joule, James Prescoft
Measurement of Electrical Energy
Joules
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
K.G. Gillete
Raazor (safety)
Karl Benz
Automobiles using gasoline
Karl Benz
Gasoline engine
Karl Butler
Motor Car (petrol)
Karl Landsteiner
Blood Groups
Kepler
Laws of Planetary Motion
King C. Gillette
Safety Razor
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
Bicycle
Kodak
Film & Photographic goods
Konrad Lorenz
Ethology
Lablanc
Washing Soda
Lawrence
Cyclotron
Lee-de-Frost
Talkies
Leo H Baekeland
Bakelite
Levi Strauss
Jeans
Lewis E. Waterman
Fountain Pen
Lippman
Coloured Photography
llly Brandt
T.N.T.
Lockyer
Helium Gas
Lord Joseph Lister
Antiseptic Surgery
Lord Kelvin
Dynamical theory of Heat
Louis Braille
Braille
Louis Pasteur
Germ Theory of Disease
Louis Pasteur
Hydrophobia
Louis Pasteur
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Victor de Broglie
Wave/Particle Duality
Lucretius
Scientific Thinking
Lucy Wills
Vitamin Folic acid
Ludwig Boltzmann
Thermodynamics
Lynn Margulis
Symbiosis Theory
Madame Curie
Radium
Marcello Malpighi
Microscopic Anatomy
Marcony
Wireless Telegraphy
Maria Montessori
Montessori Method
Marie Curie
Radioactivity
Max Born
Quantum Mechanics
Max Delbruck
Bacteriophage
Max Planck
Quanta
Max plank
Quantum Theory
Max von Laue
X-ray Crystallography
Maxwell
Electromagnetic Theory
Meghnad Saha
Effect of Pressure on trough bodies
Mendeleef
Periodic Law
Mergenthaler
Linotype
Michael Faraday
Classical Field Theory
Michael Faraday
Dynamo
Michael Faraday
Electric Generator
Michael Faraday
Transformer
Mosley
Atomic Number
Murray Gell-Mann
Eightfold Way
N.R.Finsen
Phototherapy
Neils Bohr
Atom
Newton
Laws of Gravitation
Newton
Laws of Motion
Nicolaus Copernicus
Heliocentric Universe
Nikola Tesla
Electric Motor (AC)
Ohm
Laws of Electrical Resistance
Oho Hahn
Uranium fusion
Oliver Lodge
Wireless Communication
Otis
Lift (Elevators)
Otto
Internal Combustion Engine
Otto Hahn, Bohr and Fermi
Nuclear Fission
Otto von Guericke
Air Pump
Parsons
Steam Turbine
Pascal
Adding Machine
Pascal
Calculating machine
Paul Ehrlich
Chemotherapy
Paul Gyorgy
Vitamin B6
Pavlov
Theory of conditioned reflex
Perkin
Mauve dye
Peter Goldmark
The long playing microgroove record
Pierre Simon de Laplace
Newtonian Mechanics
Plimsoll
Line of demarcation (ship)
Priestley
Laughing Gas
Priestly
Oxygen
R.A.Millikan
Cosmic Rays
Ramanathan
Molecular Scattering of light in fluid
Ramanujam
In Number Theory
Ramsay, Travers
Neon Gas
Richard Feynman
Quantum Electrodynamics
Richard Trevithick
Locomotive
Robert Koch
Bacteriology
Robert Koch
Cholera Bacillus
Robert Peary (1909)
North Pole
Robert Recorde
Equal sign (=)?
Robert Wilhelm Von Bunsen
Laboratory Gas Burner
Roberts Mallet
Seismograph
Roentgen
X - Rays
Rogei Bacon
Gun powder
Rohm Korff
Induction Coil
Ronald Ross
Malarial Parasite
Rudolf Diesel
Diesel Engine
Rudolf Diesel
Diesel Oil Engine
Rudolf Virchow
Cell Doctrine
Rutherford
Breaking up the Nucleus of an atom
S.N.Bose
Boson
Salk
Salk Vaccine
Samuel Colt
Revolver
Samuel Morse
Telegraph
Samuel Morse
Telegraphic Code
Shalimar
Paints
Sigmund Freud
Psychology of the Unconscious
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
Sir Charles Parsons
Ship (turbine)
Sir Ernest Swington
Tank
Sir Frank Whittle
Jet Engine
Sir George Caley
Glider 
Sir Humphrey Davy
Safety lamp
Sir Isaac Pitman
Shorthand
Sir J.A. Fleming
Valve of radio
Sir Richard Arkwight
Spinning frame
Stephen Hawking
Quantum Cosmology
Stephenson
Railway Engine
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Modern Synthesis
Thomas Alva Edison
Cinematograph
Thomas Alva Edison
Cinematography
Thomas Alva Edison
Electric Lamp
Thomas Alva Edison
Gramophone
Thomas Alva Edison
Movie Projector
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Chromosomal Theory of Heredity
Thomas Newcome
Steam engine (piston)
Thomas Saint 
Sewing Machine
Tim Berners Lee
World Wide Web and Hypertext Markup Language
Trofim Lysenko
Soviet Genetics
Tycho Brahe
New Astronomy
U.N.Brahmachari
Kala-azar Fever
Urey
Heavy Hydrogen
Valentine
Bismuth 
W. L. Judson
Zip fastener
W.H. Fox Tablot
Photography (paper)
Werner Heisenberg
Quantum Theory
Wilhelm Reontgen
X-ray
Wilhelm Wundt
Founding of Psychology
Willard Libby
Radioactive Dating
William Bayliss
Modern Physiology
William Burroughs
Cash register
William Harvey
Circulation of the Blood
William Herschel
Heavens
William Hurst
Safety Pin
William Murdoch
Gas lighting
William Oughtred
Symbol (x)?
William Siemens
Electric Furnace
William Sturgeon
Electromagnet 
Wright brothers
Aeroplane